Song · Robbie Williams
“Millennium” by Robbie Williams
From the album I’ve Been Expecting You (1998)
“Millennium” by Robbie Williams appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2001 and 2005. It was first released in 1998 on the album I’ve Been Expecting You. Its best result is #25 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,787 alternative song of all time.
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"Millennium" is Robbie Williams going full secret agent: the lead-off single from his second album, I've Been Expecting You, out on 7 September 1998 and built on "You Only Live Twice", Nancy Sinatra's theme from the 1967 Bond film. It took shape in 1997 at Blah Street Studios in Hampshire, when Williams told Guy Chambers he wanted something Bond-flavored. Chambers sampled the Sinatra record and sped it up to give Williams the hip-hop beat he was after.
Chambers played guitars, keyboards and bass synth and co-produced with Steve Power, who recorded and mixed it; Chris Sharrock is on drums, and John Barry and Leslie Bricusse share the writing credit with Williams and Chambers. It gave Williams his first solo number one in the UK, and radio in the US and Canada, where it fronted the 1999 compilation The Ego Has Landed, played it hard.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 25 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2005 | 347 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
Also listed as: Millenium.
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